North Korea said Friday its satellite had failed to enter its preset orbit, as the launch sparked international condemnation."The earth observation satellite failed to enter its preset orbit. Scientists, technicians and experts are now looking into the cause of the failure," the North's official news agency said....

The Afghan government on Monday appealed for international help to boost talks with the Taliban and other armed opposition groups.
At a UN Security Council debate on the war-torn country, Afghanistan's deputy foreign minister Jawed Ludin stressed the ...

Signatories of the global anti-nuclear arms treaty backed a declaration proposing a 2012 conference to discuss banning weapons of mass destruction across the Middle East.The creation of such a nuclear-free zone could ultimately force Israel to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and abandon any ...

UN spokeswoman Susan Manuel said some foreign staff in the Kandahar office had been moved to the capital Kabul for their safety, and Afghan staff there had been told to stay home. She would not say how many international staff had been withdrawn and how many had stayed ...